This blog will list news about all aspects of scorpion biology and important taxonomical updates from The scorpion Files. The Scorpion Files is a leading information source about scorpions, and has among others an updated list of all extant families, genera and species.(C) Jan Ove Rein and The Scorpion Files.

04 February, 2014

The new Euscorpius is named after Austrian zoologist Erich Kritscher (1927-2010).

Victor fet and co-workers have recently published the discovery of yet another "hidden" Euscorpius species from Greece, more precisely from the Greek island of Tinos.

E. kritscheri Fet, Soleglad, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2013

The number of Euscorpius species in Greece is now 12.

Abstract:The scorpion genus Euscorpius has been insufficiently studied on the Aegean Islands of Greece. We describe a new species from the Western Cyclades, E. kritscheri sp. n., from Tinos Island. The species-level status of this form is confirmed by a phylogenetic study based on multiple DNA markers. In addition, a population from nearby Andros Island is characterized as E. cf. kritscheri, which could be potentially a separate species